Apparatus for renewing surfaces of golf balls



May 24 19 27.

W. P. HAMMOND APPARATUS FOR RENEWING SURFACES OF GOLF BALLS Filed May 29. 1922 ATTORIVE Y8 a pended or held drying position.

Patented 1 May 24,1927.

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The present invention c oinprehenfds; a portable apparatus for resurfacing {used golf balls, and'has for its'object the provision of a receptacle for co ntainingja bath.

5 of a quick clryingliquid white, into which a worn or used golf ball may be momen-' tarily sub1nerged'by ,1neans of atemporary holding device, after'being withdrawn, the holder-and the contained ball may be sus- In the accompanying draw1ngs, v

Figure 1 is a view inside elevationand partly in section of an apparatus, embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of thegolf ball holding means. e .1 V

' Figure 3 is a perspective view of a still further modified form of device. 7 v i Referring to Figures 1 and 2 in detail, 1

represents a'metallic receptaclefor COIltLlIling' the coating'liquid 2, which is preferably While li ui-d of a quick-drying character,

suitable or providin a temporary coating for the golf balls. T e receptacle 1 is pro 1 vided with a" hinged cover)? and a clip or serving to retain the golf ball by end con- 'tact therewith. Theholder 5 is made of 'springy material and ispreferably of 1n- V tegral;'construction, the two halves being joined by a springy loop 7, the shank 'portions of which divergefrom each other, terminating into semi-circular pin supporting members, as shown. The slide 8 operating along the diverging shanks serves to retain the golf ball in same, as desired. I

' I The holder'5 may be suspendedupon a hook 9, the mouth of which is protected by a springy tongue 10; In operation the golf ball is positioned between -the opposing series ofpins 6 of the holder and the clasp 8 is pushed down into wedge cont-act with be suspended and held rigidly in position a support for the conposition and to releasepthe the arms of the holder, so thatthe ball will lag 2. Serial no. 564,341.,

after which the ball is removed for use.

In the modification shown in Figure 3 ,I-the casingis of the same general character as that heretofore described in connection with Figure 1; In this form, I provide and at tach thereto, a semi-cylindrical casing-17 lined with a brush 1?, the marginal edges of the casing are spaced from each other to accommodate the handle 5, it being understood that the contained ball Will be received in the interior ofthe brush and by vertical movement, back and forth therein, the ball 4 will be cleaned of all dirt and foreign matter 17 7 after which the ball may be immersed in 3 that may adhere to the surface of the ball,

therein. Thegolf ball i's'then submerged in the liquid 2 and withdrawn therefrom, I 5 'whereupon the holder =mounted upon the supporting hook -9- and; permitted to'idry,

the coloring bath, and thus be given a coating equal orfexceeding in finish that of vnew balls. 1

By means of my invention, it is possibleto conveniently re-surface used golf balls, .im j

parting to them-a clean fresh white surface,

derived from so. doing are two-fold, First,

it is an established fact that a golfers playin driving off is :more skillfully executed when a new ball is used thanone which has at any time and any where, while the game of golf is being played. The benefits to be 3 become discolored and aged in use, and it is the purpose of my invention to put Within the-reach of the golfer a" means whereby that effect can be secured by the use of old balls .re-colored or 're-ooated, any i where.

along the course being played. It 'isxequally an established and conceded fact that a new 5 a unblemished ball. can be more readilyilocat-ed when 'driven into the rough than an;

old discolored one, and by the use fof my invention, it becomes less liable tolose golf i balls due'to this cause;

While I have illustrated. and described several embodiments of my invention, I do I so as examples showing" usefulgways in which the principles. thereof, maybe practiced. Therefore, I desire to reserve unto myself such variations and (departures therefrom as may come within scope of the appended claims.

Having 7 thus described -my claimf V. v I 1.111 a golf combination of a liquid container, a golf the spirit and ball re-surfacing device, the 7 invention, '1 i ball holder, said "holder adaptedto be ine serted ivithin' the liquid container so as to apply' a coating to theball, a supportf-oi' thelholder when Withdrawn from a, liquid container in order to support the ball in drying position, and means for releasably I I retaining the holder .on said. support.

'- used golf 2.'A portable ire-surfacing device for balls, comprising a liquid conminer, ca golf ball holder and means on the container for r re novubl y. supporting the golf ballholcler. n

' Inia golf ball i csui'facing device, the

combination fn pontable container for-the resurfacing liquid," a cylindrical brush f o r cleaning thefsurface ofth'e gqlffball' and a 15 slit in'the'wall of thebrus'h 00 receive the golf ball no be passed therethrough.

4. In a gol -f ball resurfacing device 'the combination of a portable container for the resurfacing liopiid; 'anjcl'a cylindrical brush 20 for cleaninglthesurface 0f the golfball, the

Weill of the brush being adapted to permit the golf ball .to bezpassled there-between. 

